In vitro sealing ability of white and gray mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) and white Portland cement used as apical plugs

• Main Authors: Patrícia Zanatta Aranha Coneglian (Author), Fernando Accorsi Orosco (Author), Clóvis Monteiro Bramante (Author), Ivaldo Gomes de Moraes (Author), Roberto Brandão Garcia (Author), Norberti Bernardineli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2007-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study evaluated the sealing ability of apical plugs made of white and gray MTA-Angelus® and white Portland cement placed via the root canal and having different thicknesses (2, 5 and 7 mm). Ninety extracted human single-rooted teeth were instrumented using a size 40 K-file to standardize the fo...